HARBOUR BOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 66, 17 March 1908, Page 2

HARBOUR BOARD.

i ■ . j The Harbour Board met at 2.30 o'clock • this afternoon. Present: Hon. E. Mitj chelson (chairman), Messrs. AY. J. Na- ]\ pier. C. C. Dacre. J. D. Macfarlane, AA". E. i j Hutchison. 11. Heather, i j Auckland Dock. —The Northern Com"j pany applied for the use of Auckland -i Dock for 21 days for docking the s.s. :| Waiotahi. The Chairman said it would .[ he inconvenient to let the docK for 21 ■j days at a time. The letter was referred •j to the committee. ■ Fish Offal.—Air. A. Sandford wrote j stating that the law compelled him to ;! take lis'n offal outside harbour bound- ; | aric-s. He asked permission to deposit , | small lots of offal in mid-stream, any . I place outside of Okahit Point. He stated J that when large quantities of offal had to be dealt with, they were taken to i Uakino and x>l° u ghed in for manure. - Air. .Sandford added that Dr. Purdy (district health officer) agreed with him i j that there would be uo danger oi pollut- I - j ing the water of the harbour. The | ; Chairman said this letter was the outj ; come of the harbourmaster finding that ? ! it was the custom to deposit fish heads ; ! etc. in the harbour. The Cify Council " ; refused to take it into the destructor. - | The letter was referred to the committee, j • j Hohsonviile Wharf.—The ratepayers ; • and settlers of Hobsonville petitioned | the Harbour Board that the wharf -at that place be widened to i take wheel traffic. Mr. James A\". J Linton, storekeeper, wrote, stating that 5 there was not room to stow the goods j on the wharf, and that if the structure c was widened about seven feet carts 1 could be got down, and thus the goods s could be speedily removed. The letter c was referred to the committee. Coal Bins. Hallway AVhart".—.James v Smith wrote that the termination of his - occupancy of the coal bin on the railway wharf would be a serious inconvenience J to him. and mean a loss of £.30 per t annum to the Board. He asked to be f | allowed to continue use of the bin at ' the same rental, subject to three months' 1 notice from the Board to remove. Mr. t Napier moved that the previous decision " of the Hoard be adhered to. They could ~ not give one coal dealer a monopoly to : a part of the wharf. Added to that, they • required all the space for berthing yes- , i sel.s. .Air. Hutchison seconded the nioI tion. which was agreed to. ■ j Boalshed.—The Richmond Cruising |I f lull asked for permission to erect a t boatshod at Sloan's Bay. The letter stat- - ed permission had been obtained from - Jlie City Council subject to three months' notice. This was referred to the i ■_ committee.